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A CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT 




EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY 



HOWARD A. M. HENDERSON, 

, StJPEElNTEMDEMT OF PUBLIC INSTEUCTION. 



FRANKFORT, KY.: 

PRINTED AT THE KENTUCKY YEOMAN OFFICE. 

MAJOR, JOHNSTON & BARRETT. 
1876. 



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A CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT 



EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY. 



THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM OF KENTUCKY. 
A Common School System is provided for in the Constitution 
of the State, and is organized under chapter i8 of the General 
Statutes. 

ORGANIZATION. 

1. A State Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected 
for four years by the people ; salary, ^3,000 ; allowed two clerks, 
an office, fixtures, postage, and stationery. 

2. A State Board of Education, composed of the Su- 
perintendent, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and two 
professional educators elected by them. It adopts rules and 
regulations for the government of Common Schools, recom- 
mends text-books, and sits as a Court of Appeals from the decis- 
ions and acts of the County Comm.issioners. 

3. A State Board of Examiners, composed of the Superin- 
tendent and two professional educators selected by them. Ex- 
amines teachers for State certificates — good in any county for 
five years. 

4. A County Commissioner is elected by the Court of Claims ; 
receives reports ; visits the schools ; grants teachers' certificates ; 
holds Teachers' Institute ; disburses money, and decides all ques- 
tions of difference, difficulty, or doubt; holds office two years. 

5. A County Board of Examiners. Examines teachers for 
county certificates. Certificate good from two to four years, 
according to class. Selects text-books from those recommended 
by the State Board of Education. 



2 GRADED SCHOOLS. 

6. A Trustee for each District. Employs the teacher; super- 
intends him under the law and rules; reports statistics; builds 
and repairs school-houses, etc. 

FUND. 

The annual revenue consists of the interest (six per cent.) on 
the State bond for ^1,327,000; the dividends on 755 shares of 
Bank of Kentucky stock ; certain fines and forfeitures, and 
twenty cents tax on every one hundred dollars' worth of prop- 
erty. There is, also, a surplus bond, amounting to ^308,000, 
due the counties from which six per cent interest is derived. 
The gross annual revenue approximates a million of dollars. 

SCHOOL AGES AND CENSUS, AND PER CAPUT. 

From six to twenty. The number of white pupil children 
reported, 448,142. The school apportionment for the year 
ending June 36th, 1876, was $1 90 to each pupil child. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Five months a school year for districts having over 40 pupils, 
and three months for districts having a less number. Twenty- 
two days of actual teaching a school month. Teachers must 
have a certificate, and must attend the Institute or forfeit it. 
There are about six thousand school districts in the State, and 
schools are taught in nearly all of them. Provision is made for 
local taxation. Any city can vote an additional tax of thirty 
cents, and country districts twenty-five cents on the one hund- 
red dollars' worth of property. A capitation tax of two dollars 
can be levied on each property-holder in a district to pay for the 
building of a school-house. The Superintendent is required to 
furnish models for school-houses. 

GRADED SCHOOLS. 
Most of the cities and larger towns have Graded Schools, and 
there is a growing disposition to establish them in those places 
where they do not exist. I present a brief syllabus of those we 
have : 

COVINGTON. 

Fund. — A tax of one mill upon the dollar, a capitation tax, 
and the apportionment annually received from the State, and 
such other sources as the City Council shall designate, constitute 
tbe/uod. •, c'j^---^ ; ''««.:'•* 

. c ................c. ...... 7 OCT 1905 



GRADED SCHOOLS. 3 

There is a High School of which J. W. Hall, jr., is Principal, 
with a salary of ;^2,ooo. His first assistant is paid ;^i,200, and 
the second, third, and fourth assistants ;^8oo each. The janitor 
is paid ^480. 

The First District School is presided over by B. D. Best, 
Principal, with a salary of $1,500, assisted by twelve teachers, 
two of which receive $600 ; two $550 ; two $500 ; two ^450 ; and 
four $400. 

The Second District is presided over by J. J. Nigman, Princi- 
pal, with a salary of $1,500, assisted by thirteen teachers, whose 
salaries run as about the schedule of the First District indicates. 
In this school there is a Gernaan teacher who receives a salary 
of $500. 

The Third District is presided over by George S. Yates, Prin- 
cipal, salary $1,500, assisted by twelve teachers ; and the Fourth 
District, with Arnold Ellis as Principal, salary $1,500, assisted 
by eleven teachers, whose salaries graduate with those of the 
other districts detailed. 

Altogether there are employed in the Covington system five 
Principals, and fifty-two teachers, and five janitors. The classi- 
fication of studies is excellent. 

CYNTHIANA. 

The site of the buildings is most eligible, overlooking the city, 
and the most prominent object in the eye of the visitor, and 
visible from every passing train of cars. 

FINANCES. 

In view of the resources at hand without the city tax, it was 
concluded to assess, last September, only two-fifths of one per 
cent., or forty cents on the hundred dollars. 

This, on a basis of ^805,335, produced $3,21-7 74. 

Tuition of non-resident pupils 671 in 

s'^teFund ; ; ; ^^^^^ ^j 

Note on City Council p „ 

Delinquent taxes 

/ . • 130 34 

Unpaid tuition bills 

^ 209 05 

Total receipts ^^^222 52 

Of this sum, five or six hundred dollars have not been real- 
ized, and possibly may not be. 



4 GRADED SCHOOLS. 

On the other hand, expenses for the year foot up ^5,653 10. 

Bat in this amount is reckoned for furniture , $19100 

Expended on the well 250 00 

Philosophical and chemical apparatus, , . , 125 00 

Printing report of last year 95 oO 

Total |66l 00 

There are five grades. Prof L. G. Marshall is the Principal, 
and in every respect eminently fitted for this position, not except- 
ing the fact that he is a bachelor; for a man of his varied attain- 
ments and capacities could not be obtained for ;^i,200 a year if 
he had the burden of a family upon his hands. The corps of 
teachers is organized, and the salaries are as follows: 

L. G. Marshall, A. M., Principal and Instructor in Languages 
and Literature in Grade A, $1,200; William Boyle, A. B., In- 
structor in Mathematics and Sciences in Grade A, ^800; Miss 
Lena Walters, Instructor in Grade B, 5500; Miss Sue T. Wood- 
yard, Instructor in Grade C, $SOO\ Miss Lizzie W. Adams, 
Instructor in Grade D, $500; Miss Sallie E. Ludwig, Instructor 
in Grade E, $500; Miss Lizzie W. Adams, Instructor in Vocal 
Music, ;^200. 

The whole number of pupils registered in all the grades is 
two hundred and seventy-three. 

CATLETTSBURG, 

This town has a system of Graded Schools, but is at the pres- 
ent time laboring under financial embarrassment, occasioned by 
the loss of money by bankruptcy of the parties with whom it 
was deposited. It will doubtlessly soon recover. The neigh- 
boring town of Ashland, in the same county (Boyd), has taken 
the initiatory steps to establish a system. 

FRANKFORT, 

The Frankfort Public School embraces four departments, viz : 
the Primary, Intermediate, Grammar, and Higher, divided into 
thirteen grades. There are ten grades, with a Normal and High 
School Department transcending the number. 

The Board (of three Trustees) is elected for two years by the 
qualified voters of Frankfort. One of their number is chosen 
for President, and another for Secretary, The school is sup- 
ported by a tax of twenty-five cents on each one hundred dol- 



GRADED SCHOOLS. 5 

lars' worth of real estate within the city, yielding about ^5,500 
annually; by ;$2,ooo from the State apportionment, and receipts 
of tuition from non-residents, amounting to eight or nine hund- 
red dollars. The school was opened in October, 1868, under 
the supervision of the present Principal, Prof. S. P. Browder, 
who, by his long experience, ripe judgment, energy, and tact, 
and the aid and encouragement of intelligent Trustees, has been 
enabled to bring this grand institution to its present state of ex- 
cellence. 

When the school opened in 1868 the highest grade that could 
be formed from the material then in school was the fifth. The 
other grades have been added since; 

The Trustees of the school have always been gentlemen of 
cultivation, refinement, and integrity, and they have at all times 
shown themselves, in the general management of the school and 
selection of teachers, to be entirely free from sectional, religious, 
or political bias; and thus the school has been exceedingly for- 
tunate from the beginning in having the right sort of men to 
control its destiny. The Board of Trustees now in office are 
Judge George C. Drane, President; D. C. Barrett, Secretary; 
and J. G. Dudley. 

There are twelve assistant teachers, thoroughly qualified and 
properly trained for the discharge of every duty assigned to 
them ; and it may be mentioned as a remarkable fact, that every 
teacher in the school is able to teach music, and that the pupils 
above the seventh grade read music with ease through all the 
keys in five sharps and as many flats. The salaries of assistant 
teachers range from three hundred and fifty to eight hundred dol- 
lars ; but it is the intention of the Board to pay higher salaries 
whenever they have the means to do so. 

The average cost per pupil is about twenty dollars. The en- 
rollment is nearly five hundred; the average attendance about 
four hundred and fifty. 

HENDERSON. 

This city is probably the wealthiest, in proportion to popula- 
tion, of any municipality in the United States. It contains a 
people remarkable for their refinement. Yet, the Public School 
has swallowed up all private institutions, and is the pride of the 
wealth and intellect of the city. Much of this pleasing result 



6 GRADED SCHOOLS. 

is due to Prof. M. Kirby, the able Principal. He insisted on 
the proper organization of the school at the first, and has never 
allowed unreasoning ignorance to dictate his policy. Assum- 
ing the right ground that he has a professional knowledge of 
the processes and necessary agents of successful education, he 
has stoutly resisted all dictation, and to-day is master of the 
situation: 

The gross amount of money appropriated for school pur- 
poses is $12,500. Of this, $10,700 is distributed in teachers' 
salaries, as follows: Superintendent, $2,000; Principal High 
School, $1,200; Assistant High School, $800; Principal Gram- 
mar Department, $800; three assistants, $600 each, $1,800; 
Principal Primary Department, $800 ; five assistants, $500 each, 
$2,500; two assistants, $400 each, $800; making the average 
cost of educating each child, as based on salaries paid, $15 22 a 
year. Comparing this with the average cost per child in Lou- 
isville, as given in last year's statistics, which is $36 51, we find 
a difference of $21 29. 

Total enrollment 7^5 

Whole number of boys 3^2 

Whole number of girls 4^3 

Average number remaining each month 637 

Average d.iily attendance throughout the year 5^7 

Per cenlage of attendance 9^ 

Average number to each teacher 4^ 

Number of teachers, exclusive of Principal - 14 

I have not been furnished with the names of the officers of 
the School Board, but my information, from drafts on file in my 
office, is, that Jacob Held is President, and C. T. Starling, Sec- 
retary and Treasurer. 

Henderson has most magnificently exhibited the capacities of 
the Public Graded School System, and has thereby conferred a 
benefit which leaps her limits. 

Prof Maurice Kirby is Principal. 

LEXINGTON. 

The Hon. James O. Harrison, Superintendent, furnishes me 
with the following under date of November 13th, 1875: 

"The city is divided into three districts, with a Public School 
in each. Each school is in charge of a Principal, and four as- 
sistants. The teachers are elected by the School Committee, 



GRADED SCHOOLS. 7 

and are paid monthly out of the city treasury ; the whole being 
under the supervision of the Superintendent. 

" Last month (September, 1875) the aggregate number attend- 
ing the three schools was 642; the average daily attendance 
being 581. Since then there has been some increase. These 
schools are doing well. 

"In addition, there are two Public Schools under the patron- 
age of Catholic citizens, to which the city contributes out of the 
treasury one hundred dollars a month during the session of ten 
months. This agreement was entered into upon the conditions 
that both were to be free to the public, and that comfortable 
buildings and school furniture and competent teachers were to 
be provided therefor without expense to the public or to the 
pupil, and that the secular course of instruction therein was to 
be substantially the .same with that in the three City Schools. 
It is the duty of the Superintendent of the City Schools to 
see that these condition-s are complied with ; and so far those 
conditions have been complied with ; and, so far as I know or 
believe, the arrangement is satisfactory to the general public. 

"The aggregate number attending these two schools in Octo- 
ber was 255 ; the average daily attendance being 232. 

" It is proper to say, in this connection, that, as the three 
buildings furnished by the city for its three Public Schools were 
altogether insufficient to accommodate these additional pupils, 
the city was, by this arrangement, relieved of the expense of 
providing buildings and teachers therefor. 

"In addition to the above five Public Schools for the edu- 
cation of white children, the city established four for the edu- 
cation of the colored children of the city. These four schools 
are in charge of eleven teachers— all colored. The teachers are 
elected by the School Committee, and are paid monthly out of 
the city treasury upon the certificate of the Superintendent. 

"There is, in connection with these four schools, a Board of 
six colored citizens known as the " Advisory Board," whose 
duty it is to bring to the notice of the Committee and Superin- 
tendent all matters likely to affect the usefulness of these four 
schools. 

"The city, in addition, contributes five hundred dollars during 
the session of nine months, towards paying the incidental ex- 



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GRADED SCHOOLS. 



penses of the four schools, but is at no other expense except 
the payment of the monthly salaries of the teachers. 

"These schools, like the white schools, are under the manage- 
ment of the Committee and Superintendent, and so far are doing 
well. 

"The aggregate number attending the four in October was 
565 ; the average daily attendance being 479." 

The Hon. James O. Harrison is the Superintendent. 

LOUISVILLE. 

The Public Schools of Louisville now comprise a Boys' High 
School, a Girls' High School, a Training School, twenty-two 
Ward Schools, and five schools for colored children. Besides 
these, the Board established three Night Schools for boys who 
were unable to attend Day Schools. These were opened on the 
l.6th of November, and closed on the last Friday in February. 
Hereafter the session will commence on the third Monday in 
October, and continue three and a half months. 

The following is a summary of the statistics for the year 
1874-75, and a comparison of the same items with those of 
the previous year: 



Number Enrolled During the Year. 



Male High School . 
Female High School 
Training School . . 
Ward Schools , . . 
Colored Schools . . 



221 

424 

42 

14,272 

2,634 



Increase 
Increase 

Decrease 
Increase 



Total. 



'7,593 Increase 

AvKRAGE Daily Attendance During the 



Male High School . 
Female High School 
Training School . . 
Ward Schools . . . 
Colored Schools . . 



Total. 



384 

37 

9,647 

1,294 

11,551 



Increase . 

Increase . 

Increase . 

Increase . 

Increase . 

Increase 



Average Number of Teachers Employedi. 



Male High School . 
Female High School 
Training School . . 
Ward Schools . . 
Colored Schools . . 

German 

Music 



Total. 



9 






12 






I. 


5 




234 




Increase 


28 




Increase 


27 






4 


5 




315- 


Increase . . . . 



»3 

35 

265 

253 

36 

II 

33 
I 

361 

201 

607 



7.6 

7-5 



151 



GRADED SCHOOLS. 



Salaries of teachers 

Incidental and general expenses, 
Repairs and improvements . . 
Colored Schools — salaries . . . 

German 

Night Schools 



Cost of the Schools. 
. ^172,971 99 Increase 



40,443 84 Decrease 

6,102 78 Decrease 

12,755 24 Increase 

20,898 30 Increase 

2,356 87 Increase 



Total ^255,529 02 Increase 

Cost per Pupil. 



Male High School — salaries . . 

Female High School — salaries . 

Training School — salaries . . . 

Ward Schools — salaries .... 

Colored Schools — salaries . . . 

Incidental expenses 

Total salaries and expenses, in- 
cUuiing German, repairs, im- 
provements, rent, and interest. 



571 17 
34 58 
64 07 

13 42 
8 21 
2 II 



Decrease 
Decrease 
Decrease 
Increase 
Increase 
Decrease 



19 95 Decrease 



)?4,7i4 79 
2,515 39 
6,354 69 
3,635 76 
773 20 
2,106 87 

$2,360 54 

^3 27 

3 57 

I 58 

12 

I 47 
52 



59 



The schools during the past year have maintained their 
former creditable condition, and continued to meet the expecta- 
tions of their most ardent friends. All classes of citizens have 
shown an increased interest in their welfare, which is gratify- 
ing to all the friends of education. The teachers, with few ex- 
ceptions, have been faithful and industrious, and the interest and 
enthusiasm they have shown in their work entitle them to the 
highest respect and consideration. The pupils are deserving of 
commendation for their studiousness, and their orderly behavior. 

A number of changes has been made in the faculty and man- 
agement of the Male High School, intended to increase its use- 
fulness and efficiency. Efforts are beirtg made by the Board of 
Trustees to secure the entire control of the building now occu- 
pied by this school, and, if they are successful, it is the intention 
of the Board to so enlarge and improve the structure as to make 
it one of the most attractive and convenient in the country for 
the purpose. 

The Female High School is in a sound and prosperous condi- 
tion. The number of graduates at the close of the year was 56, 
being the largest in its history. 

The Training School for the professional training of teachers 
is doing the work for which it was designed with efficiency and 
success. All the graduates of last year, with one exception, 



10 GRADED SCHOOLS. 

have obtained eligible situations and have been successful in 
their labors. The number of graduates this year was 29, some 
of whom have already secured places in Louisville or elsewhere. 

The Night Schools are an important branch of public instruc- 
tion, from the fact that they afford many deserving persons an 
opportunity for obtaining an education sufficient to transact the 
ordinary business of life that cannot be procured without them. 
They, no doubt, conferred great benefit upon those who attended 
regularly and availed themselves of the opportunities for im- 
provement which they furnished. Perhaps no funds of the 
schools were more wisely applied than the sum expended for 
their support. The number of pupils enrolled in these schools 
during the session was 1,353; the daily attendance, 610; the 
number of teachers employed, 18 ; and the entire cost, ;$2,356 87. 

The Colored Schools continue to make steady and substantial 
progress. The Board of Visitors, having the immediate over- 
sight and control of them, are among the best informed and 
most reputable of our colored citizens, and they are untiring in 
their efforts to advance the educational interests of the colored 
youth of this city. The pupils generally are intelligent, active, 
and attentive, and good order and discipline are maintained 
without much trouble. The teachers, all of whom except three 
are colored persons, possess average tact and teaching ability, 
and are earnest and faithful in discharging their duties. In some 
instances, however, they are deficient in scholastic attainments; 
butnearly allof them are making diligent efforts to improve them- 
selves in this respect, and they will soon, no doubt, reach the 
intellectual standard required of the other teachers. A beau- 
tiful, substantial, and convenient building for colored children, 
containing twelve rooms, will.be completed in time for the open- 
ing of the schools in September. This is the third building 
erected for the benefit of this class of citizens, who now have 
facilities for the education of their children surpassed by those 
of no other city in the country. 

The German language is now taught in all of the Ward 
Schools, except two, in which the small attendance will not jus- 
tify the expense. The aggregate number of children receiving 
instruction in this language is 5,481, of whom 1,159 are of 
American parentage. 



GRADED SCHOOLS. II 

G. H. Cochran is the President of the Board; Geo. H. Ting- 
ley is the Superintendent ; D. McPherson the Secretary of the 

Board; Chenault the Principal of Male High School; Geo. 

A. Chase the Principal of Female High School. 

MAYSVILLE. 

Dr. G. W. Martin is President of the School Board. Each 
District School has a Principal ; beside which, seven teachers 
are employed. The Assistants' departments in the District 
Schools are divided into two grades each — A and B, and C and 
E— and the Principals into three— F. G, and H— and the period 
of study necessary to complete a grade is estimated at one year. 

Resourcks. 

City tax • '^2,028 00 

Fines assessed by Mayor 1.324 43 

Tithables 876 07 

Tuiu.,n 26 50 

State School Fund 2,282 80 

I would like to give a more detailed account of the system of 
this city, but I have not been furnished with the data. 

OWENSBORO. 

A letter from Prof S. T. Lowry, Superintendent of Schools, 
under date of November 14th, 1875, contains the following: 
" The schools are now doing better than ever before. Our en- 
rollment surpasses that of any previous year by 30 or 40 pupils; 
private schools have vanished, and a feeling of good will and 
harmony pervades all classes. The council levied 25 cents tax 
on each ^lOO, which, with State money, will make a fund ample 
to run the schools ten full months. The schools are classified 
as follows: High, Intermediate, and Primary. 

High School. 

Whole number enrolled, first and second sections 169 

Monthly attendance ^ 

Daily attendance 

Average monthly enrollment .• j" 

There are one Superintendent, two Principals, five Interme- 
diate, four Primary, and one German Teacher. 
Hon. George Brown, President. 



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NEWPORT. 

The Teachers employed, exckisive of the Superintendent, 

were distributed among the various departments in 1875, as fol- 
lows: 

High School 2 

Intermediate Schools ^ 

Primary Schools ^2 

Special Teachers — German ■> 

Penmanship I 

Drawing I 

Total 42 

Officers of Board — Clement Olhaber, President; W. H. Jones, 
Superintendent; R. F. Walsh, Secretary; J. B. Lock, Treas- 
urer. 

There are eleven standing committees. There are five com- 
modious and comfortable school buildings, each with a janitor. 

There is a High School. There are Intermediate and Primary 
Schools. 

GRAND EXHIBIT. 

Enrolled 2,407 

Remaining 1612 

Avernge belonging 1,883.6 

Average attendance 1,800.5 

PADUCAH. 

The city is divided into four districts — a Principal of each. 
There are nine grades and a High School. The salary of Prof. 
D. C. Culley, Superintendent, is $125 per month. The Princi- 
pals only receive ^70 per month. In the report sent us there 
is no statement of the number of pupils enrolled or in attend- 
ance. Each of the six wards in the city is represented by two 
members in the School Board. The officers are as follows : 

J. W. McKnight, President; J. H. Gardner, Vice President; 
Josiah Harris, jr., Secretary; C. Bell, Treasurer. 

PARIS. 

Paris is a city of about four thousand inhabitants. It is the 
capital of Bourbon county — perhaps, all things considered, the 
wealthiest shire in the State not having a large city. It is noted 
as being the center of the fine stock-raising section of Kentucky, 



GRADED SCHOOLS, 13 

County Court day — the first Monday in each month— is the date 
of a remarkable gathering of the people of this and surrounding 
counties. During the year viillioiis of dollars exchange values 
on this day under the decision and stroke of the auctioneer's 
hammer. The Agricultural Fair, held at this point, is the oldest 
and most successful of the world. So great has been the devo- 
tion of the people of this county to the cultivation of fine stock, 
the improvement of blood, etc., that strangers have been accus- 
tomed to accuse them of an interest in the lower animals that 
found no exponent with reference to themselves. The very fact 
that there was an appreciation of symmetry of form in horses, 
cattle, sheep, etc., indicated a taste which was prophetic of a 
future better than all the past. Paris is now becoming the very 
center of schools and intellectual enterprise. There Col. Edgar, 
a graduate of the University of Virginia, has a successful Mili- 
tary Institute; Prof Young presides over a school mainly sup- 
ported by the proceeds of the Garth Fund; Prof Brown is 
Principal of a large female school; and Profs. Lockhart and 
Yerkes have select academic schools of the highest order. The 
city also has, for several years, supported a lecture association of 
the highest order, calling to its service the most gifted exponents 
of the power of the American lyceum system. 

There is great promise in Bourbon. Paris, in addition to all 
that 1 have mentioned, has a most excellent Public School Sys- 
tem, giving presage of a future that shall express the capacity 
and worth of its noble population. Under the very shadow of 
the tower of the City School building I was born. My father 
was one of the educational pioneers of not only the county, but 
the State, having built, for school purposes, the edifice now oc- 
cupied by Prof Brown and his " Bourbon Female College." 

Mr. vVilliam Garth, a wealthy citizen of this county, while in 
full health, devised a fund for the education of indigent youth, 
which has, hitherto, dispensed incalculable benefits, and given 
to the State several minds and characters, trained, through its 
instrumentality, which have already made most gratifying re- 
turns for the expenditure of its resources. An institution, now 
specially supported by the income of this fund, has been estab- 
lished in Paris. 



14 GRADED SCHOOLS. 

Census of whites 554 

Census of l)lacks 219 

Whole number white pupils eniolled in school 237 

Average number white pupils belonging 180 

A verge daily white pupils attendance 170 

Per cent, of attendance 94-3 

Number of teachers employed 5 

Average cost per pupil $20 

Officers— \N. W. Massie, President; J. Fithian, M. D., Secre- 
tary. 

At the time of the last report to the State Superintendent 
(December 10, 1875), there were enrolled 210 pupils, with an 
average daily attendance of 190. Prof. S. Puckett is the Super- 
intendent, and is giving general satisfaction. There is held by 
the Teachers in the City School, in connection with the Teach- 
ers of the District Schools, a monthly County Association, which 
has thus far resulted in profit and pleasing entertainment. 

SHELBY VI LLE. 

Judge J. L. Caldwell, Chairman of Board; J. W. Adams, 
Secretary; C. C. Watts, Treasurer. 

Faculty— K. W. McRery, Principal; J. M. Kinnaird, Miss 
Lucy Collier, Miss Bettie Collier, Miss Clara Humes. 

During the past year 219 pupils were enrolled. 

The highest number in attendance at one time was one hund- 
red and eighty; the average attendance one hundred and sixty- 
two. 

Versailles has a graded school which has done well under the 
efficient superintendency of Prof. W. O. Crockett. 

Glasgow has a school under Prof. A. Mill which has a credit- 
able history, and its future seems to be promising. 

I confidently expect within the next five years to see graded 
schools established in all the considerable towns, as follows: 
Winchester, Mount Sterling, Nicholasville, Harrodsburg, Dan- 
ville, Richmond, Carlisle, Millersburg, Flemingsburg, Vanceburg, 
Augusta, Bowling Green, Russellville, Elizabethtown, Hop- 
kinsville, Madisonville, Carrollton, Lawrenceburg, Springfield, 
Eminence, Smithland, Mayfield, Hickman, Midway, Somerset, 
Stanford, Lancaster, New Castle, Lagrange — cities and towns 
of from five hundred to eight thousand inhabitants. 



COLORED SCHOOLS. 1 5 

Bowling Green has a fund left it by Robert Ogden of from 
seventy-five to eighty thousand dollars, and this can be em- 
ployed in the endowment of the High School Department. A 
city of from eight to ten thousand inhabitants is abundantly 
capable of fine things in the way of public education. It is un- 
doubtedly on account of the fine male and female colleges, at 
this point, that this growing city, so enterprising in other respects, 
is behind other cities in the matter of public schools. 

The Superintendent feels that he can conscientiously and con- 
fidently say that the next decade in Kentucky's history will be 
singularly progressive iYi educational matters, and that at the 
end of the period every town will be rejoicing in a well equipped 
and symmetrical system of Graded Schools. 

SCHOOLS FOR COLORED CHILDREN. 

The General Assembly passed, in February, 1874, a school 
law for the benefit of the colored people, and measures were at 
once taken for the organization of the system. The fund at 
immediate command is small, furnishing only fifty cents for 
each pupil child. Should Congress pass what is known as the 
Educational Bill, appropriating to Public School purposes the 
proceeds of the sales of the public lands, Kentucky's proportion 
of this fund would aggregate nearly $60,000. This would, by 
the law, be dedicated to the support of Colored Schools, and 
would furnish a fund sufficiently large to make their per capita 
equal to that now apportioned to the whites. Commissioners 
are enjoined to give the colored people all the facilities possible 
for the organization of their schools, in which endeavor they will 
have the hearty co-operation of the Superintendent. 

The Colored School Fund consists of the present revenue tax 
of forty-five cents on each $100 of property owned by colored 
persons ; a capitation tax on each colored male over twenty-one 
years of age ; all taxes levied and collected on dogs owned or 
kept by colored persons; all State taxes on deeds, suits, or any 
license collected from colored persons ; all the fines, penalties, 
and forfeitures imposed upon and collected from colored persons 
due the State ; all moneys hereafter donated by Congress from 
the sales of public lands, the pro rata share to each pupil not to 
exceed that to the whites. The assessors are to keep separate 



l6 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 

lists of property of colored citizens ; ages of pupil children from 
six to sixteen ; three colored Trustees to a district, appointed by 
the County Commissioner; duties of Superintendent and Com- 
missioners similar to those under white laws ; separate State 
Teachers' Association and County Institutes. The State Board 
of Education makes rules and regulations for the government of 
Colored Schools. 

Louisville, Lexington, and other cities of the State have made 
handsome municipal provisions for the education of their colored 
children. 

UNIVERSITIP:S, colleges, and schools in KEN- 
TUCKY. 
I am aware that numbers of institutions taught under private 
auspices, and some, possibly, chartered, are not reported in the 
following summary. The Superintendent issued a circular 
inviting information, and sent a sufficient quantity to each 
Commissioner, with the postage, to have one addressed to each 
institution. Either the Commissioners have failed to send them 
out, or the parties receiving them to respond. In either case, 
the Superintendent does not feel responsible for any omission. 
He desired a full statement for his Centennial pamphlet, and 
hoped every teacher would send him the coveted information; 
but they have failed in many instances to respond. 

ADAIR. 

Colnndna Male mid Female High ScJiool, Columbia. Is char- 
tered. Has ^13,000 endowment. The buildings are valued at 
$10,000. A lyceum attached. Pupils, seventy. About $1,050 
received for tuition. Has never conferred degrees. H.C.Dunn, 
Principal, assisted by two teachers in literature and science, and 
one in music. 

There is another flourishing institution in Columbia under the 
auspices of the Christian Church, but I have no report from it. 

BRACKEN. 

There is a fine school at Augusta, taught by Prof Mitchell. 
Handsome buildinsfs. 



UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 1 7 

BUTLER. 

Morgantoivn Normal School, located at Morgantown, Ky. 
Rev. W. J. Finley, Principal. 

Little Ahiddy Academy, Sugar Grove. F. E. Bell, Principal. 

BATH. 

Bath Seminary, located at Ovvingsville, Ky. Prof. Lipscomb, 
Principal. 

BOYLE. 

Danville Classical and Military Academy, located at Danville, 
Ky. Chartered 1874. Students, sixty-one. Chas. H. With- 
row and others constitute faculty. 

Caldzvell Institute. Has buildings worth ^80,000. Female. 
Confers diplomas. Chartered. 

Centre College, at Danville. O. Beaty, LL. D., Principal. 

BOURBON. 

Bourbon Female College, located at Paris, Ky. Under control 
of Prof. James A. Brown and Prof W. S. Jones, and assistants. 
Chartered 1872. 

Garth Female Institute, located at Paris, Ky. Prof C. E. 
Young. 

Patterson Female Institute, located at North Middletown, Ky. 
Under control of J. T. Patterson, Principal. 

Millersburg Female College, chartered i860. Unendowed. 
Prof. G. T. Gould and H. W. Abbett, Principals. Located at 
Millersburg, Ky. 

Profs. W. H. Lockhart and Yerkes have excellent select clas- 
sical schools in Paris, Ky. 

Kentucky Wesleyan University, at Millersburg. T. J. Dodd, 
D. D., President. 

BOONE. 

Rising Star Seminary. A select private school. Is located 
at Verona. Nannie E. Hamilton, the Principal. 

CLARK. 

Prof Thos. Smith, A. M., a graduate of the University of 
Virginia, has an excellent school for boys and girls at Win- 
chester. 
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1 8 UKIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 

CLAY. 

Clay Seminary, located at Manchester, Ky. Prof. Samuel 
Harris. Principal. 

CALLOWAY, 

Murray Male and Female histitiite, located at Murray, Ky. 
Chartered 1870. Not endowed. John P. Brannock, President, 
with three assistants. Value of buildings, $18,000. Languages, 
mathematics, and all English branches taught. Students, one 
hundred and sixty-six. Philogathean Society organized in con- 
junction with Institution. Tuition fees, $3,000. 

CHRISTIAN. 

Sonthern Kentucky Female College, located at Hopkinsville, 
Ky. Chartered in 1857. Not endowed. T. A. Crenshaw, 
Principal, with four assistants. Value of the buildings, $25,000. 
Library contains five hundred volumes, valued at $700. English 
course, embracing all the higher mathematics. French and 
German are taught. Students, one hundred and fifteen. The 
Parthenian Literary Society, organized in conjunction with the 
Institution. Tuition fees amount to $5,000. 

Bethel Female College, located at Hopkinsville, Ky. Char- 
tered in 1851. Not endowed. J. W. Rust, President, with nine 
assistants. Value of buildings, $30,000. Apparatus, $ioo. 
Ancient and modern languages, mathematics, and English 
branches, are taught. Students, one hundred. Adelphian Lit- 
erary Society, organized in conjunction with the institution. 

Fairvuiv Academy, Fairview. Unendowed. G. H. Baker, 
Principal, with one assistant. Latin, Greek, the sciences, and 
English literature taught. Sixty pupils. One literary society — 
the Neotrophian. Not chartered. 

CUMBERLAND. 

Alexander College, located at Burksville, Ky Chartered in 
1872. Is unendowed. Rev. J. P. McMillan and others consti- 
tute faculty. Value of buildings is $14,000. Library of one 
thousand volumes, valued at $1,000. Mathematics, languages, 
and English branches, are taught. Students number one hund- 
red. Amount received from tuition fees, $2,000. 

There is another institution at Burksville, under the auspices 
of the Christian Church, but have no report from it. 



UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 10 

CARROLL. 

Carroll Scniiiiary. Chartered in 1814. Located at Carroll- 
ton, Ky. Is unendowed. The value of the building is $8,000. 
No library. The mathematics and languages, in conjunction 
with English studies, are taught. Students, one hundred and 
sixty five. Proceeds of tuition fees, 1^3, 000. Philomathean Lit- 
erary Societ}', organized in conjunction with the Institution. J. 
T. English, Principal, with two assistants. 

C.A.LDWELL. 

Prhiccton College, located at Princeton, Ky, Rev. A. D. Trim- 
ble and assistants. 

CRITTENDEN. 

Marion Academy, Chartered in 1868. Located at Marion, 
Ky. Is unendowed. Value of buildings, $1,700. No chemical 
apparatus. No library. Mathematics and languages, in conjunc- 
tion with English branches, are taught. Students, one hundred. 
Ciceronian Literary Society, organized in conjunction with the 
Institution. Tuition fees amount to $1,300. F. M. Gossand, 
Principal, with three assistants. 

CITY OF LOUISVILLE. 

Louisville Female College, located in Louisville ; chartered in 
1854. Library of one thousand volumes. Rev. S. Pretty man, 
President, with eight assistants. 

DAVIESS. 

Mount St. Joseph's Aeadeiny, Owensboro, is conducted by the 
Ursuline Sisters. Buildings valued at $12,000. Sixty volumes in 
Library. Students seventeen. 

There is another Catholic school in Owensboro; but it has 
not furnished any information. 

E. G. Wood teaches a private school in Owensboro; and J. 
J. Rodman in West Louisville. 

FLEMING. 

Prof. Clyde and wife conduct a good school at Flemingsburg. 

FAYETTE. 

Hoekcr Female College, Lexington, Ky. Henry Turner, Pres- 
ident, assisted by nine instructors. The school edifice is entirely 



20 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 

new, is one hundred and sixty by eighty-eight feet, four stories, 
and contains over one hundred apartments, with accommoda- 
tions for one hundred and fifty boarders. Mr. Jas. M. Hocker 
is the proprietor. It is not chartered, and confers no degrees; 
but bestows upon pupils completing the full course a hand- 
some diploma and a gold medal. Pupils, one hundred and 
three. 

Lexirigton Female College, Lexington, Ky. R. Ryland, D. D., 
President. Incorporated in 1868. Confers diplomas. Faculty 
of eight instructors Seventy-five pupils. 

Sayir Female Institute, Lexington. H. B. McClellan, A. M., 
President, assisted by an able faculty. Has large and conven- 
iently arranged buildings and beautiful grounds in the heart of 
the city. Is chartered, and confers diplomas. 

FRANKLIN. 

Private School taught by Prof McKee, Frankfort. 

Frankfort High School. J. W. Dodd, A. M., Principal. Five 
instructors. Eighty pupils. Has power to confer literary de- 
grees. 

Greenwood Female Seminary. Mrs. Mary Trayne Runyan, 
Principal. Is located at Frankfort, Ky. Confers diplomas. 

Dudley Institute (Episcopalian — female) will open this fall. 

GARRARD. 

lancaster Male Academy. Chartered. Value of buildings, 
$2,000. Students, fifty-eight. Amount of tuition fees, ;^ 1,000. 
B. F. Hudson, Principal. Languages and mathematics, in con- 
junction with all English branches, are taught. 

Franklin histitute, located at Lancaster, Ky. Chartered in 
1847. Unendowed. Geo. W. Dunlap, with several assistants, 
constitute faculty. Library worth ;^iOO; two literary societies, 
organized in conjunction with the Institution — the " Alpha and 
Omega." Tuition fees amount to ^3,000. Students average 
one hundred. 

GRANT. 

William stoivn Seminary. Unendowed. Value of buildings is 
$2,500. Mathematics and Latin, in conjunction with English 
studies, are taught. Students, sixty. Proceeds of tuition fees, 
$2 50 and $3 00 -per month. L. V. Ware, Principal, with 
Miss Katie Combs, assistant. Located at Williamstown, Grant 
county, Ky. 



UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC, 21 

GRAYSON. 

Leitchficld Sciniiiary, located at Leitchfield, Ky. J. T. Gosiiell, 
. Principal. 

GREEN. 

Pleasant Valley Male and Female Institute. J. M. Coulson, 
Principal. 

HARDIN. 

Lynnland Institute, Glendale, W. F. Perry, President. Male 
and female. Has fine buildings, beautifully located in a native 
forest. 

Rev. Mr. Heagan has, also, a fine school at Elizabethtovvn. 

Cecilian College, Cecilia. H. A. Cecil & Bros., proprietors. 
Six instructors. Is a male institution, founded in i860, and 
chartered in 1867, and confers diplomas in the commercial and 
classical departments — the degree of A. B. in the latter. 

HICKMAN. 

Clinton College. Unendowed. Located at Clinton, Kentucky. 
Value of buildings, ;$i5,ooo. Chemical and philosophical appa- 
ratus valued at ^300. Languages, mathematics, and English 
branches are taught. Students, sixty. Tuition fees, $2,000, 
Clinton College Literary Society, organized in conjunction with 
Institution. A geological cabinet valued at ^350. Prof T. N'. 
Wells, with two assistants, teachers. 

HENRY. 

Eminence College. Located at Eminence, Ky. W. S. Gilt- 
ner, P) esident, with seven assistants. Unendowed. Languages, 
Mathe natics, and all English branches, are taught. Three lit- 
erary societies, viz : the Philomathean Society, the Rising Star 
Society, and the Star of Hope Society. A fine cabinet of spec- 
imens and chemical apparatus. Students, one hundred and 
twenty-six. 

Prof Joseph R. Brinker conducts a good school (boys and 
girls) at New Castle. Buildings cost $15,000. 

There is an excellent school building at Smithfield, costing 
/1g 1 0,000. 

Prof Duncan has a good school at Eminence. 



22 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 

JEFFERSON. 

Fofcst Academy, Anchorage, Jefferson county, Ky., was char- 
tered in 1869, and is authorized to confer any degree which can 
be conferred by any College. B- H. McCown, D. D., is Princi- 
pal and proprietor. 

Bclleivood Scvnnary for Young Ladies is located at Anchorage, 
and has a beautiful propert}'. 

The Masons, Baptists, Presbyterians, and Catholics have Or- 
phan Schools at Louisville. 

There are numbers of private institutions in Louisville, but 
they have not done me the honor to report, taught by Mrs. 
Nold, Prof. McDonald, and others. 

JESSAMINE. 

yessaTHuic Female Iiistztnte, located at Nicholasville, Ky. Prof. 
J. B. Tharp, Principal. 

LARUE. 

Buffalo Institute, located at Elizabethtown. John W. Radley, 
Principal. 

Hodgemnlle Seudnaiy, located at Hodgenville, under control 
of Rev. James Fullilove and Jo. S. Hays. 

LINCOLN. 

Stanford Female College, located at Stanford, Ky. Chartered 
in 1869. Is unendowed. All the English branches, music, lan- 
guages, and fancy arts, are taught. Mrs. S. C. Truehart, Prin- 
cipal, with six assistants. Value of the buildings, ^15,000. 
Value of apparatus, $600. Library contains six hundred vol- 
umes; value, $1,200. Students number one hundred and eigh- 
teen. Tuition fees amount to $5,000. 

Christiafi College, located at Hustonville, Ky. Under control 
of Miss Hannah Burgin. 

Tarrant College, located at Crab Orchard, Ky. Under control 
of Mrs. S. F. H. Tarrant. Flourishing. 

LOGAN. 

Logan Female College. Chartered in 1867. The charter is 
liberal, giving all the rights, powers, and privileges of college 
corporations. In fact, however, but two degrees are conferred, 
viz : M. E. L. on young ladies completing an English course, 
and M. A. on those adding the Latin, German, and French. 



UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 23 

The Institution is finely patronized, has a splendid building, and 
is under the patronage of the Louisville Conference of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. A. B. Stark, LL. D., is 
President. 

Broivdcr Institute. Olmstead Station. 

MADISON. 

Central University, located at Richmond, Ky. R. L. Brcck, 
D. D., Chancellor; John W. Pratt, D. D., President, with seven 
assistant professors. 

JSIadison Female Institute, located at Richmond. B. J. Pinker- 
ton, Principal, with four assistants. 

A School at College Hill in prosperous condition. 

Berea College, at Berea. E. H. Fairchild, D. D., President. 

MERCER. 

Daughters' College, located at Harrodsburg, Ky. Chartered 
1856. John Aug. Williams, President. Languages and Mathe- 
matics, in conjunction with English branches, are taught. Con- 
fers diplomas. Course extended and thorough. Buildings 
handsome. Grounds beautiful. Faculty large. 

A. S. Loventhal conducts a fine school for boys in Harrods- 
burg. 

MASON. 

Maysville Seminary, Maysville. Was chartered in 1830. No 
endowment. Philosophical and chemical apparatus valued at 
;^2,ooo. Two literary societies, viz: " K. Y. X." and "Henry 
Clay." Confers B. S. and M. L. Prepares boys for any class in 
college, and has a complete female course. President Grant 
was once a pupil of this school, when under the joint Principal- 
ship of Messrs. Richardson & Rand. Prof Richardson is now 
teaching a private school in Ashland. 

MONTGOMERY. 

Mt. Sterling Female College, under control of W. H. Savage. 
Chartered. An able corps of assistants. Located at Mt. Ster- 
ling, Ky. A first-class Female College. 

Mrs. Roger Hanson has a female school in Mt Sterling with 
thirty pupils. 

NELSON. 

Nazareth Female Aeademy is a large Roman Catholic school, 
located near Bardstown. 



24 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 

Rev. J. V. Cosby, D. D. (Presbyterian), conducts a fine school 
at Bardstown. 

Rev. Mr. Kirtly (Baptist) has a successful school at Bardstown. 

NICHOLAS. 

KcnUicky Noinnal School^ located at Carlisle, Ky. Incorpo- 
rated 1874. T. C. H. Vance, Principal, with three assistants. 
Students, one hundred and five. A good school for those de- 
signing to teach. 

OWEN. 

Concord College is located at New Liberty, Owen county, Ky. 
Was chartered January 24th, 1866, and is authorized to confer 
degrees. Has a male and female department. Occupies a 
handsome building, seventy-six by forty feet, with a boarding 
department attached. Has seventy pupils. H. J. Greenwell, 
Principal, and H. B. Allen, of the faculty, are graduates of 
Georgetown College. The Public School is taught in connection 
with this College. 

PENDLETON. 

Pendleton Academy, located at Falmouth, Ky. Chartered 
18 1 3. J. Baldwin, Principal. The higher mathematics and 
English branches are taught. 

SCOTT. 

Georgetown Female Seminafy (Baptist), Georgetown, Ky. J. 
J. Rucker, A. M., Principal. 

Warrendale Female College, Georgetown. Three instructors. 
One hundred and fourteen pupils. Buildings valued at ^15,000. 

Georgetozvn College, Georgetown. Basil Manly, D. D., Presi- 
dent. 

SIMPSON. 

Female College, Franklin, Ky. M. D. Bourne, President. 
Was chartered March 5th, 1868. The faculty and board of 
managers " have power to confer such honorary degrees and 
diplomas as are usual in colleges," but have never exercised this 
privilege. A very handsome building. 

SHELBY. 

Shelby Academy, located near Shelbyville, Ky. Neither char- 
tered nor endowed. T. J. Doolan, Principal. Value of build- 
ings, ^6,000. Library contains five hundred volumes, valued at 



UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 2$ 

^1,000. Students, eighty. Tuition fees, $1,500. Curriculum 
of studies same as generally pursued in High Schools. 

Science Hill. Mrs. Julia A. Tevis. Located at Shelby ville, 
Ky. One of the oldest and most prosperous female colleges 
of the West. 

Shelby Female College, located at Shelbyville. Prof. W. H. 
Stuart, President. Chartered 1849. 

UNION. 

Major J. S. Austin has a fine school at Morganfield. 
The Catholics have several institutions in the county. 

WEBSTER. 

Dixon Academy, Dixon, is taught as a public and private 
school. Number of scholars, seventy-three. A debating soci- 
ety organized among the students. German taught, also vocal 
music. 

Clay Academy. Clay. A private and public school. H. E. 
Echols, Principal. Pupils, eighty- two. 

WOODFORD. 

'Versailles Academy, located at Versailles. William Henry, 
Principal. 

Midzvay Academy, located at Midway. Wm. Moore, Prin- 
cipal. 

The Christian Church has a successful Orphans' School at 
Midway. Buildings worth $20,000. A noble charity. 

L. B. Prince is Principal of a private school at Versailles, 
Pupils, twenty-seven. Library valued at $1,000. 

The public abroad will understand that there are many more 
schools conducted under private auspices, but the Superintendent 
has no statutory power to compel reports, and he has given an 
abstract only of those who were disposed to furnish him inform- 
ation. 

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. 

There are Law Schools in Louisville and Lexington ; Medi- 
cal Schools in Louisville (two), and (one) in Lexington. "The 
Training School " is a part of the general educational system 
of Louisville, and prepares a home supply of skilled teachers. 
Prof Vance, at Carlisle, has a Normal class. Civil Engineering 
receives practical attention at the Kentucky Military Institute. 



26 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 

Theological Schools are attached to the Georgetown College 
(Baptist), Centre College, Danville (Presbyterian), The Ken- 
tucky University, Lexington (Christian), and St. Joseph's Col- 
lege, Bardstown (Catholic). 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 

There are two in Louisville — one owning a building that cost 
;^250,000. Lexington has a fine public library, kept carefully, 
in a good building — formerly a church. The State has a large 
library of law and miscellaneous books, well kept, in the State 
Capitol, at Frankfort, by Mrs. Cornelia Bush, Librarian, by elec- 
tion of the Legislature. The Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
tion is succeeding in collecting a fine library of educational 
works. 

MALE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. 

Centre College, T)z.x\v\\\q. Chartered in 1819. Amended 1824. 
Has productive endowment of ^$170,000; buildings, etc., addi- 
tional jS8o,ooo. Eight thousand volumes in libraries. One 
hundred and twenty students in college proper, and fifty in pre- 
paratory. ;$3,ooo received from tuition fees. Confers A. B., 
A. M., D. D., and LL. D. The chemical and philosophical 
apparatus is valued at $3,000. Two literary societies, viz: 
Chamberlain and Dinologian. More than one third of the stu- 
dents receive gratuitous tuition, and one sixth rooms free of 
rent. Eight members of faculty. Ormond Beatty, LL. D , 
President. Under the auspices of the General Assembly Pres- 
byterians. A revival of interest in this deserving institution. 

Bethel College, Russellville. Chartered in 1856. Endow- 
ment, $200,000. Value of building $20,000. Value of chem- 
ical and philosophical apparatus, $2,000. Number of volumes 
in library, one thousand, valued at $2,000. Number of stu- 
dents, one hundred and thirty. Received from tuition fees, 
§2,960, in 1875. Is under the auspices of the Baptists. Six 
Professors — one Preparatory teacher. Leslie Waggener, 
Chairman of Faculty. 

Kefitucky Wesleyan University, Millersburg. Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, South. Chartered. Confers A. B., A. M., Ph. D., 
D. D., LL. D. Rev. T. J. Dodd, D. D., President. Rev. Robert 
Hiner, D. D., President of Board of Education. Has an endow- 
ment of $60,000. Buildings worth $35,000. Receives from 
tuition, $800. Has two literary societies. Libraries 800 vol- 



UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ETC. 2/ 

umes. Value of apparatus, ^500. Five in faculty. Students, 
ninety. A growing interest. Fine promise for next scholastic 
year. 

Coitral University, Richmond, Kentucky. Southern Presby- 
terian. Rev. R. Breck, D. D., Chancellor. Chartered, and con- 
fers usual degrees. Value of buildings, ^55,000. Endowment, 
^150,000. Students, eighty. Faculty, ten. New. Has a happy 
prospect. 

Kentucky Military Institute, Farmdale. Buildings worth 
^100,000. Col. Robert D. Allen, Superintendent. The Gov- 
ernor, ex officio, President of the Board of Visitors. Diplomas 
signed by State officials. Arms and accoutrements furnished by 
State. Faculty eight. Has probably the finest library in the 
State. Is well furnished with apparatus. The number of stu- 
dents for the last two years average about one hundred ; all 
board at the Institute. Discipline thoroughly military. Excel- 
lent. 

Georgctozvn College (Baptist), Georgetown, Ky. Chartered. 
Confers all degrees. Basil Manly, D. D. President. Seven Pro- 
fessors. Buildings valued at $75,000. Number of students, 
eighty in College proper; twenty-seven in Preparatory. Two 
literary societies. Good library and cabinet, and philosophical 
apparatus. In high repute with the denomination. 

Warren College (Southern Methodist), Bowling Green. Rev. 
J. G. Wilson, D. D., President. Faculty five. Endowment, 
^50,000. Value of buildings, $25,000. Students, forty-five in 
College, forty-eight in Preparatory. Confers usual degrees. 

Kentucky University, Lexington. Classified into the follow- 
ing schools: 

1. School of the English Language and Literature. 

2. School of Mental and Moral Philosophy. 

3. School of Mathematics. 

4. School of Chemistry. 

5. School of Natural Philosophy. 

6. School of Natural History. 

7. School of Civil History. 

8. School of Modern Languages. 

9. School of Engineering and Mining. 
10. School of Military Tactics. 



28 AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 

Has thirty-four Professors. Value of buildings and estate, 
^200,000. One hundred and five students in College of Arts. 
Matriculated in all its schools from three hundred to four hund- 
red and fifty pupils. Is under the control of the Christian 
Church, except the "Agricultural and Mechanical College," 
which receives about $10,000 annually from the State. Is 
required to be non-sectarian. This latter College is located on 
the Ashland estate, the former home of Hon. Henry Clay. 
The Regent of the University is John B. Bowman. The insti- 
tution confers all the degrees except D. D. It is thoroughly 
furnished with libraries, museums, cabinets, etc. 

Sl Mary's College (Catholic), St. Mary's. Ten Professors. 
Value of buildings, $15,000. Eighty-four students. David 
Fennessey, C. R. 

Berea College, Berea, Ky. Rev. E. H. Fairchild, President. 
Has buildings valued at $100,000. Fourteen professors. 
Amount of property of the corporation, $115,000. Amount 
of endowment, $24,000. Productive funds, $19,000. Number 
of volumes in library, one thousand five hundred. Receipts 
from all sources, annually, about $30,000. This is a mixed 
school. Male and female, white and black, have equal privi- 
leges. Has several hundred students. 

THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 

This institution is located at Lexington on the beautiful estate 
of Ashland, the homestead of Hon. Henry Clay. The endow- 
ment fund of about $168,000 was given by the Federal Govern- 
ment. It has a full corps of able Professors, and a liberal course 
of study, embracing English literature, mathematics, civil history, 
physical geography, geology, botany, physiology, mineralogy, 
chemistry, natural philosophy, moral and mental philosophy, 
civil and political economy, civil engineering and mining, French, 
German, military science, meteorology, telegraphy, practical 
agriculture, horticulture, and mechanical arts, thus affording 
ample facilities for practical, scientific, or technical education. 

Under the charter, each county or legislative district is enti- 
tled to send three properly prepared students, free of charge for 
Uiition. 

Young men desiring to enter the College as State students, 
under this provision, will be received upon the recommendation 



ELEEMOSYNARY SCHOOLS. 2g 

of the county judge, until their appointment can be ratified by 
the magistrates at their quarterly court. 

A Preparatory Department is provided for the benefit of stu- 
dents, not less than fourteen years of age, who wish to enter 
the regular classes, and a Summer School is conducted through 
the vacation of three months, for the benefit of those who wish 
to continue their studies, and to enjoy a pleasant home. 

The session begins on the second Monday in September, and 
continues nine months ; but students are received at any time. 

The entire necessary expenses, including fees, fuel, lights, wash- 
ing, and good comfortable boarding in the clubs or dormitories, 
need not exceed ;$I50 for the collegiate year. Such young men 
as desire it can defray a portion of these expenses by laboring 
four hours per day on the farm or in the shops. 

Military instruction and discipline constitute a part of the 
veginie of this College, and is under the direction of a regular 
United States officer. 

The Hon. John B. Bowman is the Regent of "The Kentucky 
University," of which this is one of the Colleges. Prof Patter- 
son is the President. 

ELEEMOSYNARY SCHOOLS. 

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. 

This is located in the neighborhood of Louisville. The build- 
ings are magnificent and well furnished with all the appliances 
of comfort, and the grounds are fertile and the landscape pic- 
turesque. The State charges the parents of the pupils nothing 
for board or tuition, and, in cases of destitution, providt,s clothing 
for the sightless little ones while they are in school. T/ie yearly 
school session begins on the first Monday in September, and 
closes on the third Friday in June. Children are permitted to 
receive instruction for seven years ; and the Trustees of the school 
are authorized, if they see fit, to extend the time in the case of 
meritorious pupils. 

The course of instruction embraces everything taught in the 
Common Schools; and in addition, special tuition is given in 
music, and in various branches of handicraft. 

The boys are taught how to make brooms, various kinds of 
mattresses, general upholstering work, and how to cane chairs, 



30 ELEEMOSYNARY SCHOOLS. 

with the soHd or the open seat. The girls are taught to knit, 
to sew, to do various kinds of fancy work, and to use the sewing 
m tchine. 

[The conditions for admission are very few. Any child whose 
sight is so defective that it cannot learn in the ordinary schools, 
if within the ages of six and sixteen, of good health, and sound 
mind, will be gladly received. If the eyes are affected in such a 
way that the disease is not apparent, the certificate of a physician, 
stating the condition of the eyes, is required. 

B. B. Huntoon is the Superintendent. 

In connection with this Institution is the Printing House for 
the Blind; supported by appropriations from Kentucky and other 
States. 

INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. 

This school is located at Danville. It was established by 
legislative enactment in 1823, and has been in successful opera- 
tion for fifty-three years, and annuall}^ dispensing blessings to 
those afflicted with a double privation — the loss of hearing and 
speech. 

The officers, directly intrusted with the care of this Institution, 
are a Principal, Physician, Matron, and Steward, The Principal 
and his Faculty devote themselves chiefly to the mental and 
moral and manner-culture of the pupils. They are all skilled in 
the peculiar art of instructing mutes, and have been selected 
with an. eye single to their mental and moral endowments for the 
talent-exacting work they are required to perform. 

The session begins on the first day of October, and closes on 
the 15th day of Jul5^ The vacation-period, therefore, includes 
two months and a half of vacation, thus giving the pupils ample 
opportunity to visit their friends. Every deaf-mute in Ken- 
tucky, of sound mind and body, is privileged to receive all the 
benefits of this Institution, without charge for board or tuition, 
for a term of seven years. The branches of study pursued are 
reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, history, nat- 
ural history, physiology, the Bible, etc. 

Guardians or parents of deaf-mutes wishing to place them in 
the Institution should address J. A. Jacobs, Principal, Danville, 
Kentucky. Prof Jacobs is the author of several text-books, 
designed for mutes; but, from personal scrutiny, I am prepared 



ELEEMOSYNARY SCHOOLS. 31 

to say that they are singularly suggestive to all teachers who 
pursue the object method, and who recognize the value of culti- 
vating the faculty of observation. 

"The Deaf-Mute" is the name of a spicy little periodical 
published by the pupils. The editing and printing is both done 
in the school. 

INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF FEEBLE- 
MINDED CHILDREN. 

By an act approved February 23d, 1874, this Institution was 
reconstructed. Its purpose is clearly defined in the seventeenth 
section, viz: " It is distinctly avowed in this act that said Insti- 
tution is not an asylum for the custodial care of unimprovable 
idiots, but a school ior the education of feeble minded children." 
Children of this character, between the ages of six and eigh- 
teen, are entitled to the benefits of the Institution without 
charge; and to all children who have not the means of trans- 
portation, the expense will be defrayed by the State, as "now 
provided by law for the transportation of pauper lunatics." 
The term of residence by this act in the Institution is limited 
to "ten years;" but "may be removed at any time by order of 
the Board, whenever the interest of the Institution, in their 
judgment, shall reciuire the same to be done." The object of 
the Institution is to confer the largest possible benefit; and 
those intrusted with its care will rejoice in seeing it filled to its 
utmost capacity with pupils of the class contemplated in its 
purposes. Those desiring more explicit information will address 
Dr. E. H. Black, Superintendent, Frankfort, Kentucky. 

I undertake to say that the pupils of this Institution, in the 
rudiments of learning, will pass, any day, as creditable a review 
and examination as the pupils of any ordinary Common School 
in the Commonwealth. It is frequently the case that mental 
imbecility is directly correlated to physical weakness. In this 
Institution special attention is paid to gymnastic training. Calis- 
thenic exercises of the most graceful character, and to the time- 
measures of the sweetest music, are engaged in daily. Every 
muscle of the body is brought into play. It is frequently found, 
as vigor of body is imparted through a thorough following of a 
hygienic system, that activity of mind is excited, and, in several 



32 EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. 

instances, those supposed to be hopelessly imbecile, by returning 
health, have gone forth to rejoice their parents, and to prove 
themselves ornaments and reinforcements of society itself. 

The State has done honor to itself in founding this noble 
charity. It is an exponent of a growing civilization — a pleasing 
and fit recognition of twin-truths which, when brought together 
in one well-rounded globe, will serve to complete the final 
triumph of a conquering humanity over all the forces that have 
opposed its march, from the merest animalism to that distinction 
which will finally lead men to challenge the prizes of eternity 
with all the schooled and skilled hierarchs of Heaven, namely: 
the recognition of the Common Fatherhood of God, and the 
Universal Brotherhood of Men. 

PRIVATE CHARITY SCHOOLS. 

There are schools in connection with the Louisville House of 
Reform. The Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home, Louis^ 
ville ; the Orphans' School (under the auspices of the Christian 
Church), Midway; the Cleveland Orphanage, Versailles; the 
Orphan Homes of the Methodists (Louisville), Bapti.sts (Louis- 
ville), and Catholics (Louisville and Nelson county) — all have 
schools attached. 

EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. 

SOCIETY FO-R THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY. 

The first session of this organization was held in Frankfort, 
July 15th, 1874, in response to a circular call from Prof N. S. 
Shaler, State Geologist) and Dr. H. A. M. Henderson, State 
Superintendent. Its object is to concert measures to mature a 
system of public education that shall extend to the training of 
teachers for our Common Schools, and of our young men for clas- 
sical and technical pursuits. The second meeting was held at 
the Mammoth Cave last July, and the next will be held some 
time during the State Teachers' Convention at Bowling Green. 
The officers are: H. A. M. Henderson, President (Frankfort, 
Ky.); Wm. J. Davis, Secretary (Louisville). 

STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 

The object is to promote the cause of Common Schools. It 
is composed of all the officers and teachers connected with Com- 



EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. 33 

mon Schools, and such other teachers and friends of education 
as the Association may invite. The next meeting will be at 
Bowling Green, August 8th, 1876, and close with an excursion 
to the Mammoth Cave on Thursday, August lOth, and at a 
meeting at night in the ball-room of the Cave City Hotel. 

All educators of America and from across the seas are cor- 
dially invited to attend, and the occasion promises to be one of 
unusual interest. 

The officers are: H. A. M. Henderson, President, Frankfort, 
Kentucky; S. T. Lowry, Secretary, Owensboro, Kentucky. 

Geo. A. Chase, Louisville; J. H. Fuqua, Glasgow; John H. 
Carter, Lexington, Committee on Programme. 

Thos. J. Smith, John C. Underwood, Geo. C. Baber, Commit- 
tee of Arrangements. 

LOUISVILLE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. 

The objects contemplated are the general encouragement pf 
popular education in the State of Kentucky and city of Louis- 
ville, and the improvement of teachers. It convenes monthly 
during the scholastic year. 

The officers are: G. A. Chase, President; W. H. Bartholo- 
mew, Vice President ; and C. B. Theiss, Secretary. 

COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTES. 

It is made the duty by law of each County School Com- 
missioner to hold one Institute "for the normal instruction, im- 
provement, and better qualification of the teachers of Common 
Schools." County Associations are held in many counties, the 
objects of which are "to discuss and devise the best ways and 
means of promoting the interests of Common Schools, and the 
improvement of teachers and the methods of teaching." 

The colored people have an Educational Convention annually. 

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LIST OF STATE 



AND 



COUNTY COMMON SCHOOL OFFICERS. 



STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 

H. A. M. HENDERSON. 

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND ex officio PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, 

J. STODDARD JOHNSTON, 

SECRETARY OF STATE AND CX officio MEMBER OF THE BOARD. 

THOS. E. MOSS, 

ATTORNEY GENERAL ANi:) ex officio MEMBER OF THE BOARD, 

W. H. BARTHOLOMEW, 

LOUISVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LOUISVILLE, KY. 

R. D. ALLEN, 

KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE, FARMDALE KY . 

ED. C. WENT, Clerk. 



STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

H. A. M. HENDERSON, 
S. R BROWDER, 

SUPERINTENDENT FRANKFORT CITY SCHOOL. 

J. W. DODD, 

PRINCIPAL FRANKFORT HIGH SCHOOL. 



COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 



COUNTIES. 


Names, 


Post-office. 


Adair . . 
Allen . . 
Anderson 
Ballard . 
Barren. . 
Bath . . 
Bell . . . 
Boone . . 
Bourbon . 
Boyd . . 














M, H. Rhorer . 
Marcus A. Alexan 
A. M. Portwood 
I. K. Swain . . 
R. P. Collins . . 
W. H. Daugherty 
Peter Hinkle . . 
H. J. Foster . . 
W. H. Lockhart 
Jacob Rice. . • 


de 


r 




Columbia. 

Scottsville. 

Lawrenceburg. 

Blandville. 

Glasgow. 

Owingsville. 

Pineville. 

Burlington . 

Paris. 

Catlettsburg. 



LIST OF OFFICERS. 
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS— Continued. 



35 



COUNTIES. 



Boyle . . 
Bracken . 
Breathitt. 
Breckinridge 
Bullitt. . 
Butler. . 
Caldwell . 
Calloway 
Campbell 
Carroll . 
Carter . . 
Casey . . 
Christian 
Clark . . 
Clay . . 
Clinton . 
Crittenden . 
Cumberland 
Daviess . . 
Edmonson . 
Elliott. . 
Estill . . 
Fayette . 
Fleming . 
Floyd . . 
Franklin . 
Fulton. . 
Gallatin . 
Garrard . 
Grant . . 
Graves . 
Grayson . 
Green . . 
Greenup . 
Hancock. 
Hardin . 
Harlan . 
Harrison. 
Hart . . 
Henderson 
Henry. . 
Hickman 
Hopkins 
Jackson . 
Jefferson . 
Jessamine 
Johnson 
Kenton 
Knox . 
Larue. 
Laurel . 
Lawrenc 
Lee . . 
Letcher 
Lewis . 




R. H. Caldwell . 
A. C. Armstrong 
Nathan B. Day . 
Milton Board. . 
R. J. Meyler . . 
Wm. Wand. . . 
Wm. C. C. Jones 
Daniel Mathewson 
LeoTibbatts . . 
J. A. Donaldson 
D. J. CaudiU. . 
D. W. Coleman. 
G. A. Champlin. 
Leeland Hathaway 
John E. White . 
Thos. V. Stephenson 
Singleton Hodge 
Wm. Cheek . . 
David F. Todd . 
Frederick Merideth 
W. W. Johnson. 
R. W. Smith. . 
John H. Carter . 
Wm. M. Harmon 
Wm. J. Martin . 
Dr. U. V. Williams 
R. T. Tyler . . 
Samuel Turley . 
John K. West . 
H. D. Strattan . 
James M. Cosby. 
Geo. A. Cubbage, j 
Joseph Perry . . 
J. W, Womack . 
C. T. Duncan . . 
James A. Gaither 
John Nolin. . . 
Joseph F. Lebus 
Julius R. Curie . 
H. H. Farmer . 
Samuel Jones. . 
Rev. Willis White 
James M. Compton 
Thos. H. West . . 
James F. Hobbs. . 
J. C. Welch . . 
W. B. Lemasters . 
Geo. W. Carlisle . 
John D. Jarvis . . 
Thos. A. Robertson 
John T. Brown . . 
James R. Dean . . 
C. D. Tyler . . . 
Harrison Banks. . 
Jos. A. Spai-ks . . 



Post-office. 



Parksville. 

Augusta. 

Jackson . 

Hardinsburg . 

Shepherdsville. 

Morgantown . 

Princeton , 

Murray.,, 

Grant's Lick. 

Carrollton . 

Olive Hill . 

Middleburg. 

Hopkinsville. 

Winchester. 

Manchester. 

Cumberland City. 

Marion. 

Burksville. 

Owensboro . 

Brownsville . 

Sandy Hook . 

Irvine. 

Lexington . 

Flemingsburg. 

Prestonsburg. 

Bridgeport, 

Hickman. 

Napoleon. 

Lancaster. 

Williamstown. 

Mayfield. 

Leitchfield . 

Greensburg. 

Greenup . 

Hawesville. 

Elizabethtown. 

Harlan C. H. 

Cynthiana. 

Munfordvijle. 

Henderson. 

New Castle. 

Clinton . 

Madisonville. 

Greenhall P. O. 

Long Run Station. 

Nicholasville. 

Paintsville. 

Independence. 

Jarvis' Store. 

Hodgenville. 

London. 

Louisa. 

Beattyville. 

Whitesburg. 

Vanceburg. 



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LIST OF OFFICERS. 
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS— Continued. 



COUNTIES. 



Lincoln . 
Livingston 
Logan 
Lyon . . 
Madison . 
MagofBn 
Marion . 
Marshall 
Martin . 
Mason. . 
McCracken 
McLean 
Meade. 
Menifee. 
Mercer 
Metcalfe 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Morgan 
Muhlenburg 
Nelson . 
Nicholas . 
Ohio . . 
Oldham . 
Owen . . 
Owsley . 
Pendleton 
Perry . . 
Pike . . 

Powell . 
Pulaski . 

Robertson 

Rockcastle 

Rowan . 

Russell . 

Scott . . 

Shelby . 

Simpson . 

Spencer . 

Taylor. . 

Todd . . 

Trigg. . 

Tririible . 

Union. . 

Warren . 

Washington 

Wayne . 

Webster. 

Whitley. 

Wolfe. . 

Woodford 



Names. 



Jno. M. Fhilipps, j 
J. E. Lemen . . 
Dr. J. B. Evans. 
A. H. Champion 

C. A. Partelfo. . 
H. G, Arnett. . 
Ben. F. Bowman 
Elias Barry. . . 
T. W. Newberry 

D. J. Rees . . . 
Wm. R. Reid. . 
J. M. Nicholls . 
Wm. G. Beall, sr 
John Armitage . 
Jas. H. Lapsley . 
Samuel H. Marrs 
John J. C. Eubank 

E. E. Garrett. 
Robert C. Day 
Joseph F. Richardson 
J. W. Muir. . . 
Isaac M. Chism. 
Wm. L. Rowe . 
W. H. Slater. . 
John C. Strother 
H. C. Hogg . . 
Gideon M. Colvin 
Thos. F. Johnson 
Thos. O. Marrs. 
J. S. Vivion . . 
Wm. H. Isaacs. 

C. N. Buckler . 
J. J, Brown . . 
R. G. Scott. . . 
James M. Lester 
H. S. Rhoton. . 
S. E. Thompson . 
G. W. Roark. . 
Jos. B. Cox 

D. G. Mitchell . 
W. E. Mobley. . 
J. H.Wilkinson. 
V. H. Abbott. 
J. W. Marshall . 
T. J. Smith . . 
Thos. R. Browne 
R. Burnett. . . 
R. K. Thornberry 
Mark White . . 
M. D. Spencer . 
Samuel B. Lyons 



Post-offices , 



Stanford . 

Salem . 

Russellville. 

Eddyville. 

Richmond . 

Salyersville. 

Lebanon. 

Benton. 

Inez P. O. 

Sardis. 

Paducah. 

Calhoun. 

Brandenburg. 

Frenchburg. 

McAfee. 

Edmonton . 

Tompkinsville. 

Mt. Sterling. 

West Liberty. 

Greenville. 

Bardstown. 

Carlisle. 

Hartford. 

Beard's Station. 

Owenton. 

Booneville. 

Morgan Station . 

Grapevine. 

Piketon. 

West Bend. 

Somerset. 

Mt, Olivet. 

Mount Vernon. 

Farmer's P. O. 

Jamestown . 

Georgetown . 

Shelby ville. 

Franklin . 

Taylorsville. 

Campbellsville . 

Elkton. 

Cadiz. 

Bedford. 

Morganfield . 

Bowling Green. 

Springfield. 

Monticello. 

Poole's Mills. 

Whitley C. H. 

Campton . 

Versailles . 



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